Meet the 2017-2018 Personalized Learning Fellows

We’re excited to announce the second cohort of Breakthrough Schools: New Orleans personalized learning fellows. Even as New Orleans handed…

Reflections on the LDOE Teacher Leader Summit

By Tom Shepley, VP of Schools A few weeks ago, the Louisiana Department of Education held their fifth annual Teacher…

Supporting students beyond high school graduation

In our changing economy, it’s increasingly clear that the young people of New Orleans today must have an education that…

What the cuts to TOPS Scholarships mean for New Orleans students

In 2016-2017, Louisiana did not fully fund TOPS for the first time in the program’s history. Louisiana’s college students from…

The Norman C. Francis Teacher Residency

By Maggie Runyan-Shefa On Monday, we joined with Xavier University of Louisiana, to announce the launch of the Norman C….

Turning around Wilson Charter School

Two weeks ago, our Co-CEO, Michael Stone, wrote about the positive effects of closures and restarts.  We asked Jamar Mckneely,…

On Closures and Restarts

On Monday, the Education Research Alliance (ERA) released a new report on the effects of closure and charter restarts in…

Helping schools improve ACT performance

Four years ago Louisiana began to require every graduating senior to take the ACT. Since that time, ACT scores in…

Increasing the diversity of public schools in New Orleans

Earlier this month, NSNO hosted a conversation between US Education Secretary John King and a group of New Orleans educators,…

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